ready for constantine

Well things really have been coming together in our house for Constantine. I have been reading a bunch of books of baby necessities and we are pretty pleased with the nursery results. Here is the rundown:

1. Vacuums. Both an upright and a tank - for white noise purposes and to clean up the very second a spill happens.
2. A cork board to show off all his cute pictures and put up reminders of things I don't know where to put elsewhere.
3. A manly diaper bag. Courtesy of my sister - for Greg. Because someone in our house is going to learn how to change diapers and it isn't going to be me.
4. Some rogue yarn. Every baby needs/wants some of this.
5. A camera battery charger. I have a feeling Constantine might be the most photographed baby in the world -outside of Suri Cruise and those Pitt-Jolie (or is it Jolie-Pitt?) kids.
6. Homemade stuffed animals. Just by being born Constantine is going to get the giraffe and the elephant - which you have to admit - are both the cutest things in the world. An alligator is up next.
7. A fan. You can't have enough white noise. I'm taking Constantine's sleep schedule seriously. Very seriously.
8. A shredder. This may not seem very baby friendly but let's face it - even Constantine is going to have a bad picture or two. And even more likely - his mother is going to have several bad pictures that can just be shredded and we can all pretend never happened.
9. A somewhat questionable piece of "art" (using the term loosely here) - we will not be educating Constantine that Chicago's World's Fair, while ushering in the first ever Ferris wheel, also served as a backdrop for a serial killer (see, "Devil in the White City" for more information).
10. A bassinet. Thanks to my thrifty mother - this beauty cost $5.

So yep - we're pretty much ready for this kid to be born.